ReadersZone » Internet http://readerszone.com Technology,Security,Software Review Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:17:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Facebook Send Dialog : Send Message From Any Site to Your Friends http://readerszone.com/internet/facebook-send-dialog-send-message-from-any-site-to-your-friends.html http://readerszone.com/internet/facebook-send-dialog-send-message-from-any-site-to-your-friends.html#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:42:58 +0000 Jay Pathak http://readerszone.com/internet/facebook-send-dialog-send-message-from-any-site-to-your-friends.html Recently Facebook introduced Send Button, which lets users to privately share websites, video and links with their friends. Facebook has extended the functionality of Send Button, allowing users to add their own messages to the link they share.

The new dialog was designed for activities that a user may want to only share with specific people, which makes it particularly useful for ecommerce, travel, and event websites. You can see the Send Dialog today on Airbnb, Gogobot, Keepsy, Jetsetter, SniqueAway, and Viagogo. These sites use the new dialog to let you tell friends about products, get advice, and coordinate plans. For example, Keepsy’s integration lets you build a custom photo album and send a message to the friends in the photos.

Send Dialog does not require any special user permissions and can be integrated using Facebook’s standard platform dialog framework. You can generate the Send Dialog with the following sample code: 

<html xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml">
  <body>
    <script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js"></script>
    <div id="fb-root"></div>
    <script>
      // assume we are already logged in
      FB.init({appId: '123050457758183', xfbml: true, cookie: true});

      FB.ui({
          method: 'send',
          name: 'Facebook Dialogs',
          link: 'https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/'
          });
     </script>
  </body>
</html>

This displays an iframe to users that have authorized your application and a similar popup window to non-users:

Facebook-send-dialog-final

Alternatively, you can direct people to the dialog on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/dialog/send? app_id=123050457758183& name=Facebook%20Dialogs& link=http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/& redirect_uri=http://www.example.com/response/

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]]> http://readerszone.com/internet/facebook-send-dialog-send-message-from-any-site-to-your-friends.html/feed 0 Add Trending Content Widget in Your Website http://readerszone.com/internet/add-trending-content-widget-in-your-website.html http://readerszone.com/internet/add-trending-content-widget-in-your-website.html#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:52:35 +0000 Jay Pathak http://readerszone.com/internet/add-trending-content-widget-in-your-website.html ShareThisShareThis announced a widget for publishers that lets them to add trending widget on their website. There is no other tool offering this approach to social sharing, share velocity or trends. How it works and why it’s special:

  • Customization: You can set the Trending Content Widget to only show articles on the same topics as what’s covered by your site, or only other articles FROM your site.
  • Integration: Readers can see what their friends are sharing on Facebook, Twitter or Google Buzz through the widget, and share or "Like" the content on any of these services as well. This means more sharing, which means more traffic.
  • Discovery: Using ShareThis’s unique share-velocity algorithms, you will be able to customize the widget to show top trending content from your domain or popular topics, offering your readers a well-rounded feed of information.

The relevancy of content paired with the ability to share on social networks within the widget will increase user interaction and engagement with your content, making your website an all-encompassing destination for readers to absorb and share content.
The widget is also useful for your readers too, making it easy for them to see what their friends are reading and talking about, and share information with them on their favorite topics without ever having to leave the site.

Click here to create your own Trending Content Widget

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]]> http://readerszone.com/internet/add-trending-content-widget-in-your-website.html/feed 2 Follow People on Twitter Without a Twitter Account http://readerszone.com/internet/follow-people-on-twitter-without-a-twitter-account.html http://readerszone.com/internet/follow-people-on-twitter-without-a-twitter-account.html#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:32:58 +0000 Ajay Pathak http://readerszone.com/internet/follow-people-on-twitter-without-a-twitter-account.html Twitter introduced a new feature called Fast Follow, that allow users to follow twitter users without creating a Twitter account. Anyone in the USA can receive Tweets on their phone even if they haven’t signed up for Twitter.

For example, let’s say you want to get Tweets from New York City’s office of emergency management (@NotifyNYC). Just text ‘follow NotifyNYC’ to 40404 in the US.

fast-follow-welcome-screenshot

Set SMS alerts: From your computer, wherever you see a user on Twitter.com, you can hover over their name or avatar, and click on the phone icon that appears in the hovercard. Whenever they tweet, you’ll get it as an SMS message on your phone.

Twitter SMS Alert

It’s just as easy to set alerts from your phone. Send ‘on [username]’ or ‘off [username]’ to 40404 in the US. (Tip: Check our list of numbers for each country and add the Twitter number to your address book.)

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]]> http://readerszone.com/internet/follow-people-on-twitter-without-a-twitter-account.html/feed 0 How to Make Free Phone Calls from Facebook http://readerszone.com/internet/how-to-make-free-phone-calls-from-facebook.html http://readerszone.com/internet/how-to-make-free-phone-calls-from-facebook.html#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:33:12 +0000 Ajay Pathak http://readerszone.com/internet/how-to-make-free-phone-calls-from-facebook.html Vonage introduced a new Facebook app, that allows users to make free mobile calls to all of their Facebook friends who have the app, anywhere in the world, directly from their friends list, with a single touch. The downloadable application is free to get and free to use. The new service enhances the ability to connect with Facebook friends through the addition of voice calling. It is available for iPhone, iPod touch and Android devices. And the service works over Wi-Fi and 3G /4G networks in most countries.

The new service is easy to use. The app works with a user’s existing community of Facebook friends, so there’s no need to remember screen names or to input numbers. The application eliminates dialing – users can just click on a friend and start talking. When placing a call, the friend’s profile picture and status update display on the screen.

How does the Vonage Mobile Application for Facebook work?

The Vonage Mobile application is simple. It’s simple to download, and so simple to use that we have eliminated the need for dialing altogether. To get started, the user:

  • Downloads the app from the iTunes Store, Android Market, the Vonage fan page on Facebook or vonage.com/talkfree.
  • Enters Facebook ID and password (one time only).
  • Views Facebook contacts after they are automatically loaded. They’ll be grouped by friends who can be called for free and friends available for instant messaging on Facebook. A Vonage logo will appear next to the names of friends who have downloaded the app.
  • Invites additional Facebook friends to get the app at the Vonage Fan Page on Facebook or vonage.com/talkfree.
  • Touches a friend’s name from the Call Free list to make a free call anywhere in the world; no need to be online.
  • Rings the phone for incoming calls, even if the application is closed.

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  • Select who can see the content you post by setting the simple control for sharing on Facebook to friends, friends of friends or everyone
  • Fully customize your granular settings, if you want, and have them take effect instantly, and
  • Read through our comprehensive privacy guide, formatted for mobile devices
  • Access Facebook Privacy Controls from Mobile Phone

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Google has added a new web page containing tips and tricks for new Google Apps end users . This center contains a collection of ideas and suggestions that that users can try to take their Apps use to the next level. The first collection of tips focuses on Gmail, but insights on using Docs and other features are in the works. The tips are short, easy to understand, and incorporate step-by-step graphics to walk the user through the tip. They’re designed to encourage users to discover features of Google Apps they may not have known existed, and to educate them when new functionality is incorporated into the products.

 

Access Google Apps Tips and Tricks

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  1. Login into http://mobile.live.com using Hotmail user name and password.
  2. Enter your mobile number and Hotmail will send a verification code in a text message.
  3. Enter the verification code received on mobile and you are all set to receive hotmail alerts on your mobile phone as SMS
  4. Hotmail Email Alerts on Your Mobile Phone

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]]> http://readerszone.com/internet/share-stories-on-facebook.html/feed 0 15 Billion Tweets http://readerszone.com/internet/15-billion-tweets.html http://readerszone.com/internet/15-billion-tweets.html#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:37:11 +0000 Ajay Pathak http://readerszone.com/internet/15-billion-tweets.html Twitter has surpassed 15 Billion tweets  in less than three months and the number is growing. Twitter broke one billion tweets in November of 2008. It took nearly a year for it to reach 5 billion, and the company surpassed 10 billion tweets on March 4, 2010, growing by 5 billion tweets in just four months. Now it has jumped from 10 billion to 15 billion in less than three.

15 billionth tweet

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]]> http://readerszone.com/internet/15-billion-tweets.html/feed 1 Manymoon Task Management Gadget for Gmail http://readerszone.com/internet/manymoon-task-management-gadget-for-gmail.html http://readerszone.com/internet/manymoon-task-management-gadget-for-gmail.html#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 02:07:09 +0000 Ajay Pathak http://readerszone.com/internet/manymoon-task-management-gadget-for-gmail.html Manymoon launched a cool gadget for Gmail users for managing their tasks without leaving Gmail. Manymoon can automatically use important content and contacts from within the email in your tasks and projects. The Gmail Gadget is available for Google Apps users, making your emails more actionable.

 

The Manymoon Gmail gadget automatically populates the task for you with the email’s Subject:, To: From: and Cc: people, Google Docs and links. Just give the task a due date of Friday and click ‘Create’. The email, and its associated Google Docs, are now a task for you. Manymoon will send you a reminder the day before the due date.

manymoon_gmailgadget

How To – Setup the Manymoon Gmail Gadget for Existing Customers

The following procedure is only required for customers who have setup Manymoon for their domain before May 19, 2010.  We are working with Google to streamline this process.

  1. Login, as the domain administrator, to your Google Apps Dashboard (https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/your-domain-name)
  2. Click on the ‘Manymoon’ application (near the bottom of the Dashboard)
  3. Click on ‘Grant additional data access’
  4. Click on ‘Disable Manymoon’
  5. Click on ‘Enable Manymoon’

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